{"id":41164,"date":"2026-08-03T17:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=41164"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:08:47","slug":"26-0803","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-0803\/","title":{"rendered":"Pursue Gentleness"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Max Lucado<\/p>\n

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How many disasters have been averted because one person refused to buckle under the strain? It\u2019s this kind of composure Paul is summoning when he says, \u201cLet your gentleness be evident to all.\u00a0 The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything\u201d (Philippians 4:5-6 NIV).<\/p>\n

The Greek word translated here as \u201cgentleness\u201d describes a temperament that\u2019s seasoned and mature.\u00a0 It envisions an attitude fitting to the occasion, levelheaded and tempered. This gentleness is \u201cevident to all.\u201d Family members take note. Your friends sense a difference. Coworkers benefit from it.\u00a0 The gentle person is sober minded and clear thinking. The contagiously calm person is the one who reminds others God is in control.<\/p>\n

Pursue this gentleness. The Lord is near. You are not alone. You may feel alone. You may think you\u2019re alone. But there is never a moment in which you face life without help. God is near\u2014be anxious for nothing!<\/p>\n

\"\"Read more\u00a0Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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How many disasters have been averted because one person refused to buckle under the strain? It\u2019s this kind of composure Paul is summoning when he says, \u201cLet your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything\u201d (Philippians 4:5-6 NIV).<\/p>\n

The Greek word translated here as \u201cgentleness\u201d describes a temperament that\u2019s seasoned and mature. It envisions an attitude fitting to the occasion, levelheaded and tempered. This gentleness is \u201cevident to all.\u201d Family members take note. Your friends sense a difference. Coworkers benefit from it. The gentle person is sober minded and clear thinking. The contagiously calm person is the one who reminds others God is in control.<\/p>\n

Pursue this gentleness. The Lord is near. You are not alone. You may feel alone. You may think you\u2019re alone. But there is never a moment in which you face life without help. God is near\u2014be anxious for nothing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41166,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41164\/revisions\/41166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}